ABX Air’s pilots union is out of Amazon’s doghouse, resulting in an improved labor agreement and a contract to fly 10 freighters.
The pilots union at ABX Air, a large contract carrier for DHL, is taking a novel approach toward labor relations by promoting the company at industry trade shows.
E-commerce is like a monster that can’t be contained and Amazon is growing with it. The online retailer just bought some aircraft for the first time. Now it has bought a piece of a cargo airline.
The Teamsters union has patched things up with one of Amazon’s main air transport providers. Talks remain stalled with the other cargo airline.
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Air Transport International will operate a big cargo plane for an express carrier in the Pacific region on a route in and out of Hong Kong.
Profits grew in the fourth quarter and full-year 2019 at ATSG as its leasing and airline subsidiaries both performed well.
Operating performance bolstered by contracts with Amazon and U.S. government, said company CEO.
A former NTSB executive tells FreightWaves that “perishable information” critical to freight accident investigations is at risk of disappearing.
